Ma Koreh?
What’s Happening?
October Newsletter
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This month's issue features:
- D'var Kesher
- What Will Your Legacy Be?
- The CJDS Difference
- Vote for CJDS - Best of CBUS 2021
- Highlights this Month
- CJDS Alumni Spotlight: Will Feldman
- Photo Highlights
- Why I Teach at CJDS featuring Annelyn Baron
- CJDS in the News
- Community Milestones
- Community Events and Calendar
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D’var Kesher from Head of School
Rachel Arcus-Goldberg
October 1, 2021 / Tishri 25, 5782
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Have you ever had an experience where you have two choices before you and you know that whichever you choose is going to lead you down different paths? Neither is necessarily bad, but the choices will lead in different directions.
These moments are what I like to call Bechira Points or Choice Points. Key Bechira Points that we experience will stick with us over time and are often a deep source of reflection.
The New Year is usually a time where we participate, either alone or in community, in Cheshbon HaNefesh, an accounting of our soul. An exercise of this nature was shared with me many years ago by my colleague, friend and teacher Rabbi David Jaffe. Rabbi Jaffe suggests thinking back on your year and reflecting on 3-5 key Bechira Points that you encountered over the year. Then, reflect on which key middot (values) were at play with each of these Bechira Points. Looking at the two together, what do you need to focus on this year? What is on your “soul curriculum”?
I can think of many, many Bechira Points that I faced in the past year. Moreover, I can think of many Bechira Points that CJDS faced in the past year, and in the past 24 years.
Next year will be the start of the school’s 25th year. This is a good opportunity for us to think about all of the Bechira Points that influenced the direction of the school. What middot drove those decisions? I find myself smiling about that very first Bechira Point - when Tobi Gold and Danny Kayne were inspired in their Wexner Heritage program to embrace the middah of chinuch of education and embarked on the journey to start the Columbus Jewish Day School.
Approaching the 25th Anniversary of the school is in and of itself a Bechira Point. In this moment, we may ask ourselves how the future should look. What choices can we make that will chart the course of the next 25 years? What are the middot that should be emphasized and at play in our decisions? What should be on the “soul curriculum” for CJDS?
As alumni, alum parents, current parents and grandparents, community members, we invite you to share how you envision the next 25 years. You are the story of CJDS. You are the story of a child’s creation.
Shabbat Shalom!
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What Will Your Legacy Be? |
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In partnership with JewishColumbus, Columbus Jewish Day School is participating in the Life & Legacy initiative along with other major Jewish agencies and synagogues around Columbus. The goal of Life & Legacy is to increase awareness of crucial after-lifetime giving to strengthen the future of CJDS for the next generation.
CJDS met the goal of 18 Letters of Intent for 2020-2021. Our new goal, for 2021-2022, is to secure an additional 18 Letters of Intent from the community to create new legacy gifts.
The Hebrew word for future is Atidenu. Join our first 20 legacy signers, and be a part of the CJDS Atidenu Legacy Society.
- Anonymous
- Rachel and Jeremy Arcus-Goldberg
- Ms. Annelyn Baron
- Rabbis Hillel and Sharon Barr Skolnik
- Mr. & Rabbi Bobby and Stephanie Covitz
- Mr. & Mrs. Steven and Elaine Edelstein
- Brad and Jenny Glick
- Mr. & Mrs. Ken and Tobi Gold
- Mr. & Mrs. Andrew and Shylee Grossman
- Dr. June Gutterman
- Mr. & Mrs. Gordon and Donna Hecker
- Rabbi Jay and Cantor Bat-Ami Moses
- Mr. & Mrs. Ken and Ruth Rubin
- Mr. & Mrs. Carol and Rob Steiner
- Dr. Jeffrey & Bethanne Tilson
- Julie Tilson Stanley and Matt Stanley
- Ms. Debra G. Vinocur
- Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan & Susannah Wolman
- Mr. Benjamin and Dr. Tali Zelkowicz
To assure your Jewish Tomorrow TODAY - Contact legacy@cjds.org, or 614-939-5311 for more information.
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CJDS has 24 years of experience in building community.
Contact us today to secure your child’s spot for the 21-22 school year!
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We know the very best way to experience our school is by visiting the campus, stepping into our classrooms, and seeing first-hand the warm, rigorous, combined Jewish and secular education that we offer.
We warmly invite you to join us at an upcoming Admission Information Session, or contact our Director of Institutional Advancement, Jenny Glick, to schedule a personal conversation about our program.
- Private Education
- 1:5 Student to Teacher Ratio
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$1,000/month for your child's first year*
*Ask us about our Community Engagement Grant! Details below.
Interested in transportation from Worthington for the 22-23 school year? We are partnering with Beth Tikvah on transportation to CJDS from Beth Tikvah. Click here if you are interested in this free transportation location.
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VOTE FOR CJDS
Best of CBUS 2021
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Columbus Jewish Day School is happy to announce that we have been nominated again for "Best Private School" in Columbus!
We are in the top 6, but we need YOUR HELP! Voting kicks off today, and you can vote every day until October 22.
CJDS can be found under the Kids & Education category, under Best Private School.
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CJDS Sukkot with Savta Ruti
Grandparents are our greatest fans! This Sukkot, we had the honor to welcome one of them: Ruth Harpaz, aka Savta Ruti, who is Rony (CJDS alum 2020), Adi (CJDS 4th grader) and Noam (CJDS Kindergartener) Amar's Grandmother all the way from Israel.
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Ruth is an Israeli Art Therapist and a Lecturer who loves working with children. Our students enjoyed learning how to make special Sukkot decorations from Ruth. A favorite among the fifth graders was the iris folding technique where students created a pomegranate or apple using folded strips of colored paper to form a design. Their artwork was then displayed in the sukkah as a decoration.
Thank you Savta Ruti and Saba Pinchas.
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Second Grade Maps
During their first unit of the school year, Second Graders looked at different types of maps in Social Studies and Science and learned about the different parts of a map.
For their unit project, the Second Graders created maps of their General Studies and Judaic Studies classrooms, complete with a map key, map scale, and compass rose. They even labeled important places on their maps in Hebrew!
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Returning CJDS Alum Adam Berman
To celebrate Rosh Hashanah, CJDS students were greeted by Adam and Emuna Berman. Adam who currently resides in Israel, is one of the first 44 students who opened CJDS in 1998, and Uncle to CJDS first grader Seth.
Adam and Emuna planned an action packed day for our students including Rosh Hashanah crafts, cards, and even making challah with the kindergarteners. They joined in for morning Tefillah, and to top it all off, they led a fantastic Kabbalat Hag with the whole school in the Butterfly Garden.
Thank you for visiting Adam and Emuna
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Tashlikh Ceremony
Tashlikh is a time to take ownership of who we are and make decisions about who we wish to be. When we look at ourselves, we may see things we don’t wish to carry with us into the New Year. During buddy time at the pond, our kindergarten and third grade students took part in the Tashlikh service. They symbolically casted their seed paper off to the pond and entered the New Year 5782 with a clean slate.
CJDS fourth and fifth grade students performed the minhag (custom) of Tashlikh. What stops us from being the person we want to be? What are the attitudes, worries, fears, and behaviors we want to leave behind? We symbolically casted these off to the pond so we can enter the New Year 5782 with a clean slate.
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Celebrating CJDS Alum
Featuring Will Feldman
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This months Alumni Spotlight is Will Feldman, a CJDS alum and student at Northeastern University.
After CJDS, Will seamlessly transferred to Bexley City Schools, and recently graduated Bexley High School in 2020.
Will, currently entering his second year at Northeastern University, is studying Computer Science and Business. He shares, "A lot of the values I learned at Columbus Jewish Day School helped me become the person that I am today."
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"I enjoyed the friendships I made while at CJDS. I remain close to people whom I went to school with, and I think many of these friendships will last my lifetime."
Will shared that since the school was small, he remembers the individual attention he and his classmates received from their teachers. "I loved my third-grade teacher, Mr. Scherer, who made learning entertaining. He gave us all fun nicknames and played characters when teaching different subjects."
Will visited CJDS in August as we were kicking off the 21-22 school year. We love when our alum visit the school, or stop by to join a Kabbalat Shabbat!
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We want to FEATURE YOU in our next newsletter and on our social media channels.
Are you a CJDS alum who recently graduated high school or college? We want to know your next steps! We want to hear about your professional accomplishments, and how CJDS has impacted your educational and Jewish journey.
Reach out to our Alumni Coordinator here. We want to hear from you!
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Third graders performing the mitzvah of shaking Arba’at HaMinim - the Lulav & Etrog |
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Fourth & fifth grade students performed the minhag (custom) of Tashlikh, erev Yom Kippur. They symbolically casted these off to the pond so they enter the New Year 5782 with a clean slate. |
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Fourth graders interviewing their first grade buddies during their first Buddy Time this month. |
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During Science this month, Kindergartners helped propagate Milk Weed plants. Milk Weed plants help out our Butterfly Garden,
and they are a great way to help pollinators, as they provide valuable nectar esources to a diverse suite of bees and butterflies.
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Kindergarteners hard at work during math time. |
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CJDS Kindergarten students got a chance to fish for the first time |
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We welcomed Josh Warshawsky this month to CJDS. Josh is a very talented Educator, Musician, Songleader, & Composer. He led 2 music sessions for our students in the Butterfly Garden.
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Fourth graders hanging around during recess. |
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CJDS first graders writing their own סליחה stories in Hebrew (saying sorry) while preparing for Yom Kippur |
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Annelyn Baron
CJDS Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Kindergarten
"I have always loved teaching Kindergarten at CJDS. My thoughts and feelings have been with me these past 24 years. I have always felt welcomed, supported, and cared about. For these reasons, CJDS is like a family to me. I have also worked with many outstanding Teachers. I have learned about curriculum integration, programming, and experiential learning from very talented, dedicated and experienced staff."
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Annelyn, the Jewish Studies Kindergarten Teacher, is a founding teacher of CJDS. She is very proud of her pioneering role in the school and has taught Jewish education to two generations of Jewish children in Ohio. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of Cincinnati, and brings deep experience -- both to the Kindergarten classroom and the school as a whole --as she facilitates the Jewish holiday Programming, which includes supporting CJDS’ unique all-school Kabbalat Shabbat assemblies.
Before coming to CJDS, Annelyn served for over 21 years as the Pre-Kindergarten teacher at the preschool of the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus and as an Art Specialist for many years at Jewish summer camp. Annelyn was awarded the Jeffrey and Lori Lasday Jewish Educator of the Year Award in 2000 and has been selected several times to travel with contingents of CJDS staff to Israel, on Kivunim, the Institute of Experiential Learning for Israel and World Jewish Communities Studies. Annelyn has also been a part of the Educators Delegation to Israel, a connection between Jewish Educators in Columbus and our sister city of Kfar Saba. Annelyn enjoys gardening with her husband, celebrating holidays with extended family, and entertaining friends in their home. She especially loves it when her children come for visits, and when her grandchildren visit for "Grammie Camp" at her house.
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CJDS General Studies Kindergarten Teacher Alex Damico was recently interviewed by Columbus Jewish News; regarding the importance of socializing children to ideas of diversity. Check out the article here.
CJDS Kindergarten Teachers partner with parents of our kindergarten students right from day 1. Our Kindergarten Teachers share their classroom expectations, how they teach communication with students (including I-Statements) and helpful conversation starters to have with your kindergartener to break down their feelings. As well as ways to problem solve in the classroom to help students recognize and solve many of the problems that they could encounter day to day.
Our Teachers shared this helpful document with Kindergarten Parents. Parents are encouraged to use the vocabulary or structures with their child at home, strengthening the home-to-school connection for our Kindergarteners.
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Mi Sh'Berach
We wish Caleb Moses (class of 2020) refuah shlema, a full recovery.
We wish Terry Mitzman, Grandparent of CJDS students Rayna, Yoni, and Naomi, a speedy recovery.
We wish Elaine Edelstein, Grandparent of CJDS alum Sam Feldstein, a speedy recovery.
We wish Naomi Kayne (longtime friend and supporter of CJDS) a speedy recovery.
We wish Jacob Cohen (class of 2015) a speedy recovery.
We extend our prayers to any family in our community who may be impacted by coronavirus.
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Zichronam Livracha (May Their Memory Be a Blessing)
We extend our prayers to any family in our community who may be impacted by coronavirus.
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October
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Friday, October 8 - 1:40-2:15pm - All School Kabbalat Shabbat (Link here)
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Friday, October 29 - 1:40-2:15pm - All School Kabbalat Shabbat, 5th Grade Led (Link here)
Seating is limited, so you must RSVP to Amanda Chernyak ahead of all events if you would like to attend in person.
To keep our community safe:
- Reservations are required
- Masks are required on the campus at all times
- The building will not be open to guests during this outdoor event
- If there is rain in the vicinity, we will move the Kabbalat Shabbat indoors, and guests (including parents) will be asked to show proof of vaccination and remain masked while on campus
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Congregation Tifereth Israel is hosting a Fishing event on
Sunday, October 17 at 2:30 pm at CJDS
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